You are a Boy

We saw you again, being active and kicking

Inside your mom’s tummy, having a merry living;

And with great joy

We found out you are a boy,

Hope December arrives soon; that's what we are wishing;

A Sonnet for you My Dear Baby

Will you be a lad or a lass – We will get to know soon

     But does it really matter what your gender is?

Either way, we will celebrate the news with a balloon,

    Though, we are still keen to hear what the Doctor says…

Vital thing for us is that you are growing hale and healthy,

      As your mom is consuming for you, all the nutritious stuff;

Glad that you are enjoying them all lying in her belly,

    Getting all the power to face this world – that’s rough and tough.

Our new hobby is singing and listening to rhymes,

    Ever since we knew you can hear sounds,

As we want you to hear them thousands of times,

    Hoping they will spark your mind to greater bounds.

Will we be impeccable parents – May or May be not.

     But we assure to try to be one with all the might that we got!!!

Few More Drawings from Mom

Hello Baby,

Here are few more drawing from your sweet Mom....

These drawings shows how much she is enjoying your stay inside her.......

A Poem for you.....

Hello My Dear,

Mommy and I went last week to the doctor to take a peek at you again. And you are so active inside your mom - kicking your legs and sucking your thumb.

Doctor said its a very good sign that you are very active - sign that everything is good with you. We are sure that you are going to be active after you are born as well, and going to keep us busy running after you. May be you will turn out to be a atheletic champion like your mom, and not a couch potato like me - which would make me very proud.

We will be going again next month to visit the doctor - to look how you look, as your mom will enter the 5th month of the pregnancy. We are already excited to see how much more you would have grown by that time and how more active you would be on that visit....

We are so excitedly waiting for your birth, that I wrote you a poem on Tamil to indicate, how much eagerly we are waiting for that day.....


காத்து தான் இருக்கிறோம்

அம்மாவின் வயிற்றில் அழகாய் வளர்ந்து,
      ஆனந்தத்தை எங்களுக்கு தினம் தரும் செல்லமே !
இனிய உந்தன் குரலினை சீக்கிரம்  கேட்டிட 
      ஈகையாய் நாங்கள் காத்து தான் இருக்கிறோம் !!!

உன்னை தினம் தினம் தாய் தமிழில் கொஞ்சிட,  
        ஊக்கம் குடுத்து உந்தன் திறமைகளை வளர்த்திட, 
எங்கள் பாசம் அனைத்தும் உன் மேல் கொட்டிட,
        ஏரி , மலை, சமுத்திரம் அனைத்தும்  
ஐந்து விரல் பற்றி உனக்கு  சுற்றி காட்டிட காத்து தான் இருக்கிறோம்....

ஒவ்வொரு நாளும் நாங்கள் காத்து தான் இருக்கிறோம்  , உந்தன் அழுகை 
      ஓசை கேட்கும் நாள் வெகு விரைவில் வரும் என காத்து தான் இருக்கிறோம் 

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A Drawing for you.....

Hi My dear Child,

Do you know that your mom is a very good artist and she likes to draw. Here is a special drawing that she drew just for you...

You are Growing Baby......

Wow, you have grown so much over the last 3 weeks. We saw you again through Scan, and now you were almost 4 cm. The doctor said you were perfectly normal and growing as expected, bringing much cheer to me and your mom.

The doctor also confirmed the date you are supposed to be born - Dec 21st. Let us see, what you decide to do - whether you decide to come out of your mothers tummy well before Dec 21st or if you decide to stay for for little more time inside the safety of her tummy.

So now your mom is 11 weeks pregnant now - you must have started kicking and stretching now - even though its going to take few more weeks, before your mom can feel your soccer kicks. Your tooth buds also must be starting to form - get them to ready as must you use them to eat delicious recipes prepared by your mom as you grow.

We will again go to the doctor in 2 weeks time, to take a peek at you again. The 2 weeks will also mark the end of first trimester - the first 3 months of pregnancy. So your mom will also be more relaxed in 2 weeks time. I will come and share with you on how much you have grown then....

See you, bye..........

My First Letter to You....

Hey My Dear Son/ Daughter,

 I am not sure, why it took so long for me to write this first letter to you. May be should I have written this first letter on April 20th, the day your Mom shouted excitedly from rest room on seeing the positive pregnancy result. Or at least I should have written this on May 9th, the day we heard your heart beat for the first time on the scan. I could give various excuses for taking 1 long month to write this letter, but the truth would be it took this whole month, for the feeling of euphoria to finally sunk in to me - the feeling that I am going to be a Dad...

 On April 20th, when your mom called from restroom to share the positive pregnancy result, no words came out of my mouth properly. Even as I am writing about it now, words fail me. I am quite decent at English - having written quite a few short stories; so when I say words failed me, it's not due to my lack of English Vocabulary, but rather because no proper words could describe that feeling - delightful feeling that I and your mom were able to create a wonderful complex life.

 As of today (May 29th), you are still growing rapidly inside your, mummy's tummy, rapidly growing all your organs. You must soon grow your tiny hands and fingers, the fingers that we would be cheerfully holding in years to come. Once you were born, I will do my best to be a good dad to you; Hope that I would be able to understand that you might be my son/ daughter, but you are unique individual with your own desires and interests.

 Tomorrow, we are going to see the Gynecologist, for the second scan. She has mentioned that she will check your growth tomorrow, and will tell the due date on when you will be born. So hopefully by tomorrow, we will know your potential date of birth. However eventually your actual date of birth would be based on when you actually decide to come out of the safety of your mothers tummy and allow both of us to hold you in our hands.

 However not knowing the exact date of birth has not stopped us from already starting to plan for your future. Your mother is reading about which solid foods should she start feeding you along with milk after 6 months. I was googling today on what books that I can start reading to you after you were born. To begin with you might not really understand everything I read, but it's important that I read to you, so that you can start getting familiar with my voice, and hopefully get yourself interested in the wonder of Reading that would serve you well in future.

 Another thing that we have discussed, is to make sure that we get you enrolled in Self Defense Classes (especially if you are girl). World has its fair share of bad people; but we don't want your ambitions and desires to be restricted due to those bad people. We want to make sure to provide you with courage and skills necessary to take on those bad people heads on, if required.

 We did go through couple of names for you, but haven't discussed in detail about naming you yet. Hopefully we will get to discuss more on that soon.

 Your mummy is being so careful for last one month, she wants you to grow as safely as possible within her. She is taking extreme precautions to make sure that you have utmost comfort within her. Knowing her, she will continue to provide the same even after you come out of her tummy. So you can be rest assured that you are in safe hands.

 I want to write lot more to you, but don't want to share everything in this first letter itself. Hopefully I will keep writing to you frequently here and show it you once you are grown up enough to be able to read this and understand and appreciate it.

 Your Loving Dad......